I have a Panogear with bluetooth module and it works fine from my laptop via Papywizard. Is there anyway to use it with Stellarium over bluetooth? I'd like to track the Pan-STARRS comet with a telephoto this weekend and shoot it. I don't have the GOTO controller. I've been unsuccessful getting Stellarium to communicate with the Merlin/Panogear.

aaronpriest wrote:I have a Panogear with bluetooth module and it works fine from my laptop via Papywizard. Is there anyway to use it with Stellarium over bluetooth? I'd like to track the Pan-STARRS comet with a telephoto this weekend and shoot it. I don't have the GOTO controller. I've been unsuccessful getting Stellarium to communicate with the Merlin/Panogear.

I can't see that Stellarium has anything to do with controlling astrotelescope mounts.

BTW, that test program on the UrsaMinor page worked fine with my Panogear on COM4. Unfortunately telescope control is purposely disabled in their demo and there's no way to buy it online without contacting dealers that are not located in my country. No way I'd have something working by tonight with them. Haha

Here is a python script which act as stellarium server to drive the Panogear head. I only tested it through the EthernetDriver, using the simulator which comes with Papywizard. Let me know if it works.

Note: I used the serial drive, so you first need to pair with the bluetooth module from the system, then give the correct virtual serial port at the top of the script (you can use Windows syntax on that OS: COM1, COM4...), and launch it. Then, connect from Stellarium (I used the port 9999).

I have also a Panogear & Merlin (thank you!) on a Macbook with ubuntu 12.04... It works perfectly! And i read this very interresting topic. So i tried to use the Panogear & bluetooth with Stellarium 0.12.1.. When i launch the server, it make screen copy!

So! I can't find the correct virtual serial port used by bluetooth... I create one (sudo rfcomm connect rfcomm4 00:12:6F:21:AE:9B, mac address to find with hcitool scan), set it in the script & launch the server...It works! Launch Stellarium & connect to the Merlin... Connected. Send a star position... No problem. Great! Good job! thanks a lot! Frédéric

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